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{{Short description|2009 comic book limited series}}
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'''''Ignition City''''' is a five-issue science fiction comic book [[Limited series (comics)|limited series]], written by [[Warren Ellis]] and illustrated by [[Gianluca Pagliarani]]. It was published in 2009 by American company [[Avatar Press]].

==Publication history==
Ellis initially conceived the plot in 2005. After some brief initial work in 2006, the series was not mentioned again until after the release of his ''[[Aetheric Mechanics]]'' in 2008.<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=user_review&id=898 Reviews: Ignition City #1], [[Comic Book Resources]]</ref> Inspirations included the ''[[Flash Gordon (serial)|Flash Gordon]]'' and ''[[Buck Rogers (serial)|Buck Rogers]]'' serials, the show ''[[Deadwood (TV series)|Deadwood]]'', the artist Magdalene Veen,<ref>[http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=2803 Ignition City workblog: July 17]</ref> the film ''[[Metropolis (1927 film)|Metropolis]]'', the [[Berlin Tegel Airport]], [[Ray Bradbury]]'s short story "[[The Martian Chronicles#Rocket Summer .28January 1999.2F2030.29|Rocket Summer]]", [[Alan Moore]]'s comic ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'', and his own ''[[Ministry of Space]]'' comic (which was in turn inspired by ''[[Dan Dare]]'').<ref>[http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=2797 Ignition City workblog: July 15]</ref><ref>[http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=2803 Ignition City workblog: July 17]</ref>

==Plot==
''Ignition City'' is set in an [[atompunk]]/[[dieselpunk]] [[alternate history]] in the year 1956; in this timeline, [[World War II]] was interrupted by a [[Martian]] invasion. As a result, [[Spaceflight|space travel]] became commonplace. Ignition City itself is [[Earth]]'s last [[spaceport]]; a circular [[artificial island]] located in equatorial waters. Rockets launch from a ring of gantries ringing the island, and the interior is a shantytown populated by former spacemen who have found themselves out of work due to a planet-wide ban on space travel. The story follows Mary Raven, a young woman who travels to Ignition City after her father, a formerly famous spaceman named Rock Raven, is killed there.<ref>[http://comics.ign.com/articles/971/971268p1.html Ignition City #1 Review], [[IGN]]</ref>

==Characters==
*Mary Raven – former astronaut and daughter of the space hero Rock Raven, comes to Ignition City to investigate the death of her father.
*Rock Raven – British space hero, veteran of campaigns against the Martians and thus possibly inspired by [[Dan Dare]].
*[[Lionel Crabb|Lionel "Buster" Crabb]] – British government official, a friend to Mary and her father. Based on the real life Navy officer thought captured and brainwashed by the Russians.
*Lightning Bowman – one of the first three humans in space (alongside Gayle Ransom and Doc Vukovic), now marooned in Ignition City. Inspired by [[Flash Gordon]].
*Gayle Ransom – former lover of Lighting Bowman, and another of the first three humans in space, now a bar-owner and gun-runner in Ignition City. Inspired by [[Dale Arden]].
*Dr. Dragomir Vukovic, AKA 'Doc Vukovic' – another of the first three humans in space, he built the original spaceship out of junk parts. Inspired by Dr. [[Hans Zarkov]].
*Kharg the Killer – dictator of the planet Khargu and ally of [[Adolf Hitler]], who was defeated by Lightning Bowman, Gayle Ransom, and Doc Vukovic. Inspired by [[Ming the Merciless]].
*Bronco – drunken customer in Gayle Bowman's bar who talks of his time spent five centuries in the future, and thus analogous to [[Buck Rogers]].
*Piet Vanderkirk – Gayle Bowman's right-hand man. Former member of the  [[Royal Netherlands Navy|Royal Netherlands Navy's]] Solar Patrol in the Pluto Detachment, part of "The Chain" which appears to refer to a psychically linked group of soldiers using gifted alien technology, similar to [[E. E. Smith]]'s [[Lensmen]].
*[[Yuri Gagarin|Yuri]] – washed-up "Russia's greatest cosmonaut", since disavowed and abandoned in Ignition City.
*Marshal Pomeroy – Corrupt lawman of the Ignition City settlement. Flies with the aid of a [[jet pack]], reminiscent of [[Commando Cody]].

==Collected editions==
The series has been collected into a [[trade paperback (comics)|trade paperback]]:

*''Ignition City Volume 1'' (144 pages, Avatar, February 2010, {{ISBN|1-59291-087-4}})

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
*{{official website|http://ignitioncity.com}}
*[http://www.warrenellis.com/index.php?s=ignition+city Ignition City production blog] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716072624/http://www.warrenellis.com/index.php?s=ignition+city |date=16 July 2011 }}
*[http://www.avatarpress.com/titles/warren-ellis-ignition-city/ Avatar Press Ignition City section]

===Reviews===
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090415183240/http://www.comicsbulletin.com/reviews/123956434080881.htm Sunday Slugfest: Ignition City #1] and [http://www.comicsbulletin.com/reviews/124059529621016.htm #2] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425225638/http://www.comicsbulletin.com/reviews/124059529621016.htm |date=25 April 2009 }}, [[Comics Bulletin]]
*[http://www.newsarama.com/comics/040911-BSE-Ignition-City.html Best Shots Extra: Ignition City #1], [[Newsarama]]
*[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=user_review&id=898 Review of Ignition City #1], [[Comic Book Resources]]

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